True Population of Substantial Cards

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

What explains such a quantum jump in fees? Is it because they are based on the value of these cards, which have gone up so much? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, since it shouldn't cost them any more to grade now than it did then. I guess it's because they can?

Well, to begin with, the TPGs (PSA) know how greedy people are and if they can make a buck (or thousands), they're going to do it (as we've all seen).

Yup, it's because they can.

When they created the grading system, they probably figured it'd make them a bit of cash, but I'm going to bet they didn't realize just how much they could charge until they did.

As indicated in this thread, there's probably a lot less resubmitting due to the cost of doing so. Also, there's probably a lot of collectors that has that FU attitude about card grading and don't see it as something they need to validate their collections.

Nobody to blame for all this but the hobbyist, and TPGs taking advantage of the hobbyist's greed to create their own greed.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Fred

Also, there's probably a lot of collectors that has that FU attitude about card grading and don't see it as something they need to validate their collections.

This! And PSA richly deserves the FU attitude all things considered.